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Month: April 2015

Ack! In less than five hours, I’ll be fortunate enough to see Avengers: Age of Ultron… and I have yet to do my homework! A few days ago, I vowed to finally finish 2012’s The Avengers, but I still can’t get myself to do it.

Still, I am excited about this sequel. My sister said she prefers it to the first one, and a friend said that even though she didn’t think it was very good, she thought it was really funny. And funny is all I need. The reason I can’t get myself to finish The Avengers is that somewhere during the big NYC battle, the movie stopped being funny and instead became too Cartoon Network for my taste.

With those comments about the funny in my head, I’m feeling a lot of good will toward Age of Ultron. I have to say, I’m quite excited! Below are the 5 things I’m most excited about.

While searching for an archived adobo recipe in my inbox this morning, I got a really nice surprise: an invite to a free screening of Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Now the pressure is really on to finish 2012’s The Avengers. I’ve tried several times, but I always found myself losing interest somewhere during the big NYC battle/climax. I don’t know. There’s something about it that was a letdown for me. The buildup was great–the chemistry of the cast, the dialogue, the humor, it was all great and immensely enjoyable. But for all that to lead to something like the big NYC battle felt a bit like child’s play to me. Like, if I wanted something like that, I’d watch the Cartoon Network.

“This feels weird, not even going back to camp, because it’s like home now.” – Joe

I liked Joe in the beginning, so I thought it’d be interesting to see his arrival at Ponderosa. But then I remembered that the fun of seeing Ponderosa arrivals rests on how warm or cold your welcome is. Since Hali was the only one who’d gone there before Joe this season, I figured it’d be boring.

It turns out that the event won’t start until a little less than an hour from now.

Host Slick Rick is currently talking about hashtags and people raising their hands to answer questions. Swag time!

But unless they ask really basic questions like who played young Obi-Wan, who’s the director, and who said the iconic “I am your father” line (Zurg from Toy Story 2, duh), I don’t really stand a chance of winning, so I’m going to post our pics with the cosplayers instead. Them cosplayers want the mileage (anywhere they can get it), you guys!

In a few minutes, the force will be upon us. (Er, sorry, I had to try.)

The hubby and I are waiting for the live simulcast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens Panel at the SM Mall of Asia IMAX theater. SM Lifestyle Entertainment Inc. is hosting the live simulcast so that Filipino Star Wars enthusiasts can (somewhat) celebrate the 2015 Star Wars Celebration held in Anaheim. And by celebrate, we mean attendees of the event can ask the panelists, which include Mr. J. J. Abrams himself, questions and get answers live!